World Indoors Day 4 Live Discussion Thread

Lasse Viren wrote:

But why was the official putting the Ukranian in the second position when it should have clearly been the Jamaican? The Ukranians were in last position so should have been placed way out left at the last position?????

That is really interesting anal-ysis.

Please give more details.

Victor Alexander wrote:

SalmonRice wrote:

This entire championship has been a total joke. Is this the worst managed global championship of the 21st century? The Brits were so concerned with their light show and pyrotechnics they forgot to give the athletes basic needs like proper warmup area and letting them practice on the track before the race. This is why no body watches our sport. Bunch of idiots running the show.

This. I can't believe we're at the level that an organisation gets to not care about athletes so much. Disgusting.

No wonder so many athletes don't show up to world indoors. This boondoggle just gives them more reason to skip this one.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Victor Alexander wrote:

This. I can't believe we're at the level that an organisation gets to not care about athletes so much. Disgusting.

No wonder so many athletes don't show up to world indoors. This boondoggle just gives them more reason to skip this one.

Lord Sebastian is a joke.

Mr. Nick Davies initially denied receiving the money but later changed his story, admitting that he had kept most of it, but still denied receiving the money corruptly. He also received a further €5,000 in cash from Lamine Diack, and concealed receiving it, the report said.

The conclusion of the Ethics Committee enquiry on Tuesday said: 'Mr Davies has admitted misleading the investigation. It is all the more serious for the fact that Mr Davies only admitted his lie when his hand was forced upon requests being made of him for his bank statements, which would inevitably identify that the €30,000 had in fact been received by him at the relevant time, thereby revealing his lie.'

Davies also pleaded guilty to acting in a manner likely to bring athletics into disrepute and failing to act with integrity and honesty.

'I wish to admit that my false statement to you is a breach of the ethics Code,' Davies wrote in an email to the committee.

'I intentionally misled an IAAF Ethics Board Investigator and while in due course I would wish to advance an explanation/mitigation I can already emphasise that I did so in panic at being drawn into matters of such seriousness, when I had not been a party to the cover up of the doping tests or any other intentional wrong doing.'

Despite this, the Ethics Committee concluded that he had not 'acted in any way corruptly.'

Davies, who he has agreed to pay the sums back to the IAAF, expressed 'deep remorse' for his actions, was expelled with immediate effect and ordered to pay €5,000 costs, but will be allowed to work again within the sport of athletics.

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Lasse Viren wrote:

But why was the official putting the Ukranian in the second position when it should have clearly been the Jamaican? The Ukranians were in last position so should have been placed way out left at the last position?????

they set the athletes based on where they are with ~100m to go, and at that point Ukraine was ahead. Their runner just died painfully around the last turn.

All we have to do is get some more DQs and wipe out the entire event, and happily erase it from our memories.

The Forgotten DQ Championship. Let it die in peace.

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...and took place in a Blizzard

mar828 wrote:

...and took place in a Blizzard